PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050733 — TOLUENE — BARNHART, OR

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Incident I-1998050733PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998050733. Incident date: 1998-04-19. Location: BARNHART, OR. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: SHELL CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 10821 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.#

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